Fine dust covers Bangkok on Monday. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)
Both the Democrats and the Pheu Thai Party have promised to tackle the air pollution problem, including passing the long-overdue Clean Air Act.
Democrat Party deputy leader Ongart Klampaiboon and head of the party’s policy team Suchatvee Suwansawat announced their dust-tackling policies on Monday at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Mr Ongart said that dust levels are worsening as the general attitude among the public has, in part, become far too blasé as they have failed to see any real progress from politicians unable or unwilling to communicate the urgency of stemming the pollution.
To prove that natural factors, such as rain, might not be an absolute solution…
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